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enKalamazoo College no longer requires ACT or SAT scores from applicantshttp://michiganradio.org/post/kalamazoo-college-no-longer-requires-act-or-sat-scores-applicants
<p>Kalamazoo College will no longer require students to provide their ACT or SAT scores when they apply.&nbsp;</p><p>Instead, admissions officials will look more closely at the classes applicants took in high school, and their GPA.&nbsp;</p><p>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:20:27 +0000Michigan Radio Newsroom21504 at http://michiganradio.orgKalamazoo College no longer requires ACT or SAT scores from applicantsKalamazoo College responds to online threathttp://michiganradio.org/post/kalamazoo-college-responds-online-threat
<p>An on-line threat has shaken a west Michigan college campus.</p><p>Officials at Kalamazoo College are asking the FBI for help in investigating a threatening note posted on an online campus message board this week.</p><p>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:53:37 +0000Steve Carmody21218 at http://michiganradio.orgKalamazoo College responds to online threatTaking notes from Kalamazoo College in recruiting and graduating low-income studentshttp://michiganradio.org/post/taking-notes-kalamazoo-college-recruiting-and-graduating-low-income-students
<p style="margin-top:0in;line-height:13.65pt">&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 13.65pt;">When it comes to recruiting and graduating low-income students, one school that is clearly getting it right is Kalamazoo College.</span></p><p style="line-height: 13.65pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/upshot/top-colleges-that-enroll-rich-middle-class-and-poor.html?_r=0&amp;abt=0002&amp;abg=1">ranks</a> Kalamazoo College No. 12 in the nation among elite colleges that enroll a large percentage of PELL-grant eligible students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.65pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The PELL grant is a solid indicator, since many students in families above the poverty level do not qualify for these grants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.65pt;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran&nbsp;is&nbsp;president of Kalamazoo College. She says attracting and keeping low-income students have been a priority of the college and part of its institutional mission:&nbsp;</span></p><p style="line-height: 13.65pt;">Thu, 18 Sep 2014 22:58:39 +0000Stateside Staff19164 at http://michiganradio.orgTaking notes from Kalamazoo College in recruiting and graduating low-income studentsMichigan colleges try to beat the fluhttp://michiganradio.org/post/michigan-colleges-try-beat-flu
<p>Thirteen Michigan colleges and universities are trying to get more students to get&nbsp;<a href="http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MIFluFocus_1_5_06_146893_7.pdf">flu </a>shots this fall.</p><p></p><p>Angela Minicuci&nbsp;with th<a href="http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,4612,7-132-2940_2955_22779-332647--,00.html">e Michigan Department of Community Health</a>&nbsp;says college-age students tend to have extremely low influenza vaccination rates.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Only about 10% of people between the ages of 18 and 24 got a flu shot last year.</p>Sat, 06 Sep 2014 19:21:00 +0000Steve Carmody18993 at http://michiganradio.orgMichigan colleges try to beat the fluOne Michigan family's journey with autismhttp://michiganradio.org/post/one-michigan-familys-journey-autism
<p>What can a parent do to reach an autistic child, to forge some path through the barrier of autism spectrum disorder – a path that might somehow lead to greater understanding of that child’s mind, heart and soul?</p><p>That challenge is facing more and more families in America.</p><p>In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control found that one in 150 school-age children had been identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder. By 2008, that figure was one in 88 – an increase of 78%.</p><p>Consider more recent figures from a different government agency: the National Center for Health Statistics estimates that today, one out of every 50 school-age kids has the condition.</p><p>The experts tell us these higher numbers may not be so much a matter of more kids having ASD, but rather that health officials are getting better at counting those who do.</p><p>But behind all the statistics are the day-to-day stories of families coping with the often crushing challenge of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:26:27 +0000Stateside Staff16136 at http://michiganradio.orgOne Michigan family's journey with autism